Casio Frogman "Takashi Murakami" G-Shock Watch, Well Over $3,500

by Ariel Adams (RSS feed)
Dec 30th 2010 at 12:01PM

Over the summer Casio announced a limited edition version of their G-Shock Frogman watch in honor of the 40th Anniversary of Tokyo FM. Casio is known to make limited edition watches all the time, many of them are highly sought after collectibles. Casio chose famous Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami to design the watch. Built on the Casio GWF-100TM watch, Murakami chose a pinkish-red for the case and strap material. The back of the watch has a signature Murakami flower design, while the watch comes on a pillow designed by him. Here is the official product page.

The base G-Shock Frogman watch is probably the most expensive G-Shock that Casio makes costing over $1,000. It is a highly sophisticated model in terms of extra durability with a metal inner case and lots of functions. This limited edition of 300 pieces that came out a few months ago arrived with a retail price of 300,000 Yen - which is just over $3,600 right now. In fact, I saw at least two pieces of this watch on eBay at the time of writing that where going for a whopping $12,500. Limited edition watches always go for more than the watches they are based on, but not that many of them retain collector's value after they are sold. Some models do in fact remain highly sought after collectibles. This model is lucky to combine love for G-Shock watches, the Tokyo FM radio station, and Takashi Murakami's work (he is also the host of a show on the network I believe).

Ariel Adams publishes the luxury watch reviews site aBlogtoRead.com.

Tags: 40th, casio, frogman, g-shock, gwf-100tm-4, murakami, takashi, watch

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oldthudman Apr 18th 2011 1:24PM

Boy, I guess the old saying "there's a sucker born every minute" is true..........$65-$70 USD........You pay any more than that, then you're the "SUCKER".......

Say, maybe if I draw a flower on the back of my Casio, maybe I can get 12 big ones on e-bilk.......

WatchesWatches Dec 30th 2010 12:58PM

That's one expensive Casio! Will appeal to a specific market though which seems to be the intention. $150 USD is the going rate for the G-Shocks we usually sell. http://www.greattiming.net/store/casio/casio_g-shock

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